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Obesity Levels: State-By-State

Percent Of Population That Is Obese
State 1991 1995 1998 1999 2000 2001
Alabama 13.2 18.3 20.7 21.8 23.5 23.4
Alaska 13.1 19.2 20.7 19.2 20.5 21.0
Arizona 11.0 12.8 12.7 11.6 18.8 17.9
Arkansas 12.7 17.3 19.2 21.9 22.6 21.7
California 10.0 14.4 16.8 19.6 19.2 20.9
Colorado 8.4 10.00 14.0 14.3 13.8 14.4
Connecticut 10.9 11.9 14.7 14.5 16.9 17.3
Delaware 14.9 16.2 16.6 17.1 16.2 20.0
District of Columbia 15.2 n/a 1939 17.9 21.2 19.9
Florida 10.1 16.5 17.4 17.9 18.1 18.4
Georgia 9.2 12.6 18.7 20.7 20.9 22.1
Hawaii 10.4 10.4 15.3 15.3 15.1 17.6
Idaho 11.7 13.8 16.0 19.5 18.4 20.0
Illinois 12.7 16.4 17.9 20.2 20.9 20.5
Indiana 14.8 19.6 19.5 19.4 21.3 24.0
Iowa 14.4 17.2 19.3 20.9 20.8 21.8
Kansas n/a 15.8 17.3 18.5 20.1 21.0
Kentucky 12.7 16.6 19.9 21.1 22.3 24.2
Louisiana 15.7 17.4 21.3 21.5 22.8 23.3
Maine 12.1 13.7 17.0 18.9 19.7 19.0
Maryland 11.2 15.8 19.8 17.6 19.5 19.8
Massachusetts 8.8 11.1 13.8 14.3 16.4 16.1
Michigan 15.2 17.7 20.7 22.1 21.8 24.4
Minnesota 10.6 15.0 15.7 15.0 16.8 19.2
Mississippi 15.7 18.6 22.0 22.8 24.3 25.9
Missouri 12.0 18.0 19.8 20.8 21.6 22.5
Montana 9.5 12.6 1.7 14.7 15.2 18.2
Nebraska 12.5 15.7 17.5 20.2 20.6 20.1
Nevada n/a 13.3 13.4 15.3 17.2 19.1
New Hampshire 10.4 14.7 14.7 13.8 17.1 19.0
New Jersey 9.7 14.2 15.2 16.8 17.6 19.0
New Mexico 7.8 12.7 14.7 17.3 17.8 18.8
New York 12.8 13.3 15.9 16.9 17.2 19.7
North Carolina 13.0 16.5 19.0 21.0 21.3 22.4
North Dakota 12.9 15.6 18.7 21.2 19.8 19.9
Ohio 14.9 17.2 19.5 19.8 21.0 21.8
Oklahoma 11.9 13.0 18.7 20.2 19.0 22.1
Oregon 11.2 14.7 17.8 19.6 21.0 20.7
Pennsylvania 14.4 16.1 19.0 19.0 20.7 21.4
Rhode Island 9.1 12.9 16.2 16.01 16.8 17.3
South Carolina 13.8 16.1 20.2 20.2 21.5 21.7
South Dakota 12.8 13.6 15.4 19.0 19.2 20.6
Tennessee 12.1 18.0 18.5 20.1 22.7 22.6
Texas 12.7 15.0 19.9 21.1 22.7 23.8
Utah 9.7 12.6 15.3 16.3 18.5 18.4
Vermont 10.0 14.2 14.4 17.2 17.7 17.1
Virginia 10.1 15.2 18.2 18.6 17.5 20.0
Washington 9.9 13.5 17.6 17.7 18.5 18.9
West Virginia 15.2 17.8 22.9 23.9 22.8 24.6
Wisconsin 12.7 15.3 17.9 19.3 19.4 21.9
Wyoming n/a 13.9 14.5 16.4 17.6 19.2
Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 1991-2001; self-reported data
More Information: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention